An American self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston; US students protest for Gaza in spite of restrictions; US shelling out big bucks for goodies for Israel and aid for Egypt; State Dept spox prefers Israeli whitewashing over Washington Post investigation; EU leader called antisemitic for talking about two-state solution; Pope declares Israel’s actions in Gaza “ugly”; more.
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UN estimates “over a million Gazans will go without food in September”; US approves massive arms sale to Israel – Day 341
US approves $164.6M military equipment sale to Israel; Israel continues to block aid to Gaza; WaPo investigation: Israel lied about Aysenur Eygi’s death; Netanyahu tried to fool ICC; EU Foreign Policy chief Borrell blocked from visiting Israel; WHO: 22,000 wounded in Gaza have life-changing injuries; Israel admits it killed at least 2,300 Palestinians in Rafah assault; another Palestinian killed in West Bank; more.
US approves “historic” $20B arms sale to Israel, as Gazans die – Day 311
More weapons for Israel; newborn twins killed in Gaza; Israel shoots American; two Palestinians killed in West Bank; Israel detains Palestine Olympic head; California mulls anti-free speech on campus bill; house arrest for gang-rape suspects; Netanyahu has been messing with ceasefire details; Iran says silence of UK, France, Germany on “inhumane crimes” in Gaza encouraged Israel to continue atrocities while threatening global peace; more
Israel is trying to designate UNRWA as a terrorist org – Day 236
Palestinians in Rafah & across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo; another expert identifies genocide – while a nurse in US gets fired for doing the same; Israel’s covert war on the ICC, Mossad threatened prosecutor; EU rejects Israel’s designation of UNRWA as terrorist org; Biden admin won’t sanction ICC; US appears to scold Israel at UN…
“Staggering escalation” in childhood malnutrition in Gaza – Day 161
Children starve, parents searching for food are killed – as humanitarian ship unloads millions of meals; is Rafah invasion imminent?; illegal buffer zone may be half mile wide; West Bank death; the Elders chide Biden; EU leader accuses Israel of weaponizing food; Nicaragua to have its day in court vs. Germany for “facilitating genocide”; Australia to restart donations to UNRWA; more